September 2008Newer: Cher Guevara This weekend we did De Gordel, a bicycle tour around Brussels. Our goal wasn't political but rather sportive. We did 120 Km. The tour of 100 Km makes in reality 106Km. As we left and went home by bike we did another 7Km. Also, I had a flat tire in Meise and the assistance truck brought us back to Wemmel, it added 7Km to the trip. The organization of the Gordel is excellent. If you have a mechanical problem, a truck brings you to a repair centre. The people of VAB repaired my bike, I had nothing to do do except pay the inner tube. The weather was horrible in the morning : rain, rain and rain. Only in the afternoon after more than 60 Km it stopped and we could enjoy the tour a bit more. The parcours is not very difficult. I expected more climbs. In fact, the most difficult part is between Zaventem and Overijse (Vossem, Duisburg) and that was the last part for us. Or was it the most difficult because it was the last ? Perception is reality... De Gordel was our main bicycle objective this year and we are quiet happy we did it ! We will do it again.  PS : Is it politically correct to blog about De Gordel in English when you are a native Walloon and and live in Flanders ? According to all known laws of aviation there is no way a bee should be able to fly: A bees’ wings are too short and their bodies too fat. (Bee Movie) August 2008How to seduce people so they vote for you : address their concerns. Obama addresses several key concerns of 2008 : "I do want three things," "I want to end And I believe indeed Americans are concerned by those
So to be successful, just address your client's pain points. A well known sales technique applied at a large scale. Good job, Mr Obama... If you blog often I recommend you to have a look at ScribeFire. It's an excellent FireFox Plugin which helps to write or edit your posts. It allows to include Videos, Links, images in a easy way. It also supports multi-blogs. This week is the week of the DruivenFeetsen in Overijse. Up to now we mainly took the opportunity to go to 2 concerts:
Comment peux-t'on être ambitieux si on compend que à l'échelle de l'Univers, l'Humanité est insignifiante ? Comment peux-t'on penser que le bien ou le mal que l'on fait a du sens ? Comment peux-t'on penser que notre travail mérite autant d'importance ? Pourquoi doit on conserver notre planete alors qu'elle disparaitra avec le soleil dans quelques milliards d'années ? Pourquoi écrire ces lignes qui sont destinées à disparaître de toutes facons. L'énergie de cet Univers doit vraiment avoir envie d'exister... Lately I have hesitated to buy a new kind of device : an Internet Radio. It connects on your WiFi router and plays thousands of radios streams that you can catch on the web. Today I just plug my portable PC into my HiFi system using a mini-jack, but I find the quality is not so good. Therefore I have been looking for better options. Here are some products I find interesting :
For the moment, my favorite Internet Radios are :
I don't know if you have ever had a look at my long CV but it's quiet a long one. I have read in a article (in Bizz I believe) that a good CV should be at the most 3 pages. Therefore I have tried to rewrite my CV in a much shorter format . I have organized it along 5 aspects of my work that I like and that I want to continue to develop during my career:
July 2008I have successfully passed my ITIL V3 Foundations Certification ! ITIL is a framework which allows IT Managers to standardize the IT processes which aim at satisfying the demand of their system's customers and/or end-users. In order to meet customer's needs, ITIL organises the lifecycle of IT Services which are delivered by IT. The IT department can supply several types of "services", for instance :
ITIL V3' service life cycle defines 5 "steps":
 Last Weekend we did quiet some cycling in Flanders. On saturday we did the "Limburgse Rivierenland" tour in Halen. It was supposed to be 52 Km. We did 63 and we even did a shortcut at the end. On sunday we went to Herentals and we followed what is called the "EcoCyclo". There the KM were correct and it was 46 Km. We started from Herenthout and we used the following "KnoopPunten " : Herenthout - 45 - 46 - 47 - 9 - 10 - 8 - 15 (Let op: we rijden niet volledig tot aan 15. Neem een kijkje aan de watermolen. Het is een waardevol monument. Daarna keer je terug naar 8.) - 19 - 18 - 14 - Hidrodoe - Van Hidrodoe rijd je terug naar de knooppuntenroute. Sla echter niet af naar links richting knooppunt 14, maar blijf rechtdoor rijden. Volg de pijltjes richting Centrum. - 12 - 60 - 62 - 65 - 66 - 43 - 44 - 45If you search Biking Roads in Belgium I stongly recommend you this website http://www.fietsroute.org/. Le site Internet pour Paul Leroy se trouve sous mon nom de domaine. Nous y travaillons de temps en temps en buvant un bonne bière. Nous l'avons mis à jour cette semaine:
Made with Slideshow Embed Tool Moi j'aimais bien skynet pour la météo facile a trouver et facile a lire pour les prévisions à dix jours. Il y avait une colonne bleue à gauche avec toutes les possibilités skynet dont la météo. C'était facile et efficace. Evidement il y a quelqu'un qui a trouvé que c'était mieux de changer. Essayez maintenant d'aller sur http://www.skynet.be/ et trouvez-moi la météo. Bonne chance ! Comme dirait l'autre : "Si je connaissais le con qu'a fait sauter le pont..." Information Architecture is about structuring information to make it easy to find. When it's easy to find products on your website, people will buy more. When it's easy to find information on your Intranet, employees will save time and have the knowledge they need. Information Architects are specialized in understanding problems that people face when looking for information and designing ways to fix those problems. Dans cette caméra cachée, François L’embrouille se fait passer pour un parent d’élève et piège un professeur d’histoire géographie. Il raconte qu’il est à fond dans les jeux vidéo et que lui et son fils jouent des heures et des heures san
Merriam Webster's dictionary defines rainmaker as "a person (such as a partner in a law firm) who brings in new business or whose influence can initiate progress or ensure success." In short, a rainmaker is someone that makes things happen, someone who initiates action that ultimately brings in new business and revenue. Rainmakers take a 'big picture' view of their customers business. Rather than focus on specific IT projects, they look at the overall state of the client's industry, company and LOB. Some characteristics of a rainmaker include the following: pro-active, results-oriented, patient, driven, conscientious, good listener, active listener, empathetic, sympathetic, curious, knowledgeable, engaged, confident, incisive, inquiring, flexible, visionary, creative, positive, optimistic, and collaborative. If you want the artists you like to continue to produce, you have to support them. Here are the 4 latest CDs I have bought :
 Something I found by accident yesterday : Wordle. Wordle draws a tag cloud for you from a text or rss feed. I let it run on my CV and here is the result :  Than I run it on my delicious tags :  I like it. June 2008Dans cette caméra cachée, François L’embrouille se fait passer pour un parent d’élève et piège un professeur d’histoire géographie. Il raconte qu’il est à fond dans les jeux vidéo et que lui et son fils jouent des heures et des heures san
Dans cette camera cachee, Francois L embrouille se fait passer pour un parent d eleve et piege un professeur d'histoire geographie. Il raconte qu il est a fond dans les jeux video et que lui et son fils jouent des heures et des heures...
I use Google Maps to prepare my biking tours. You start by adding your starting-point than you plan your itineray by clicking on "Add destination". See an example here of the bike tour I just did tonight. Le laptop de mes rêves...
You have different Widgets systems that you can use on your desktop : Vista Gadgets, Google Deskbar... My preferred one is the Yahoo! Widgets. Have a look here (or click on the image):  The widgets I use are ImageView, Yahoo! Weather, Yahoo! Mail Checker, Gmail Monitor, Digital Clock and Calendar. Today I took pictures without the SD card in my Camera... Result : no picture taken. |
